Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time January 31, 2016 Rev. Fr. Dale A. Branson

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1 Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time January 31, 2016 Rev. Fr. Dale A. Branson TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION For if this endeavor or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy itself. But if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy it; you may even find yourselves fighting against God. Acts 5:38b-39b Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil - 4pm Sunday - 8 am & 10:30 am Copper Basin K-8 School N. Main Street San Tan Valley, AZ Daily Mass Schedule Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday - 8:30am at the Parish Office/Rectory Confessions before Mass or upon request Mailing Address 270 E. Hunt Hwy Ste. 16 #328 San Tan Valley, AZ Parish Office N. Poseidon Rd. Florence, AZ Phone: (520) Fax: (520) Parish Office Hours 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday For the first four centuries or so, there seems not to have been a sense of marriage as a church instuon. Chrisans followed civil law, which kept the wedding in a family seng. Bishops wanted people to be good cizens insofar as possible, and so they recognized the government's role in marriage. In general, they expected Chrisans to know that marriage was good, that marriage to other Chrisans was best, and to take it easy on the wild wedding pares. They agreed that marriage was a divine instuon, that Christ blessed it especially, and they loved referring to the miracle at the wedding feast of Cana. Sll, even when Chrisanity became the official religion of the empire in 380, marriage remained a family maer. On wedding days people gathered in the bride's house, where the father would "give her hand" to her husband, draping a garland of flowers over the couple. There were no official words to say, there was no blessing to be given. Everyone walked in procession to the bride's new home for the concluding rites and the feast. In the Eastern Empire, it soon became customary to invite a priest or bishop to give a blessing at the meal or the day before. It was a nice thing to do, completely oponal, but had a "photo-op" feel to it that was widely emulated. Before long, at least in the East, it looked as if the priest were joining the couple in marriage and blessing the union. --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co. Are you new to St. Michael the Archangel Church? We welcome you and we ask that you please take a few moments to register. Registraon forms are located at the Greeters Table or can now be found and submied online. Visit our website and click on the link, Parish Registraon Form, found at the boom of the home page and follow the instrucons.

2 Sacramental Policies ANOINTING OF THE SICK At the 8:30am Mass on the first Friday of each month. BAPTISM Parents will need to provide a copy of the child s birth certificate and participate in a class. Baptismal Classes are held on the 2nd Saturday of the month at 11 am in the Church office. Parents must call the church office to register for the class. Godparents must be practicing Catholics who are confirmed and married in the Church, if married. CONFESSION Confessions are offered one-half hour before all Masses, or anytime upon request. CONFIRMATION Confirmation will be given students in 8 th grade or above. They must have completed the 8 th grade religious education class and optimally the 7 th as well. Sponsors must be practicing Catholics who are already confirmed and married in the Church, if married. Parents should not be sponsors for their own children. For information on Confirmation preparation for adults please contact the pastor. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION First Holy Communion will be offered to children in Grade 2. Children must attend CCD regularly throughout Grade 2 in order to receive the Sacrament in May of that year. Students will also be prepared for the Sacrament of Reconciliation in Grade 2. MARRIAGE Both parties are expected to participate in the preparation program. Parties must notify the pastor at least one year prior to their proposed marriage date. Please meet with the pastor for a fuller explanation and to make arrangements. MASS ATTENDANCE 719 people attended Mass the weekend of January 23rd & 24th 2016 Readings for the Week Monday: 2 Sm 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13; Ps 3:2-7; Mk 5:1-20 Tuesday: Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 [22-32] Wednesday: 2 Sm 24:2, 9-17; Ps 32:1-2, 5-7; Mk 6:1-6 Thursday: 1 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12; 1 Chr 29:10-12; Mk 6:7-13 Friday: Sir 47:2-11; Ps 18:31, 47, 50, 51; Mk 6:14-29 Saturday: 1 Kgs 3:4-13; Ps 119:9-14; Mk 6:30-34 Sunday: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8; Ps 138:1-5, 7-8; 1 Cor 15:1-11 [3-8, 11]; Lk 5:1-11 Mass Intentions January 31st 8:00 am Pro Populo February 7th 10:30 am Pro Populo February 9th 8:30 am Keith Flygare February 10th 8:30 am Brana Bamke February 12th 8:30 am Brana Bamke February 13th 4:00 pm Pro Populo February 14th 10:30 am Lydia Miller Elizabeth Williams Dessie J. Graham Ruby Chestnut February 15th 8:30 am George & Sandra Ramirez Pro Populo - Lan: for the people Deceased Contact the Parish Office to place a Mass Intenon ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL MINISTRIES & COMMITTEES ALTAR SERVERS Bert Pampanin, BertandPat@AOL.com, (480) BULLETIN bullen@stmichaels77.org or (520) CCD Reajean Porter CCD@stmichaels77.org (480) COMPLIANCE OFFICER Jan Trbovich, dalerussel@msn.com, (480) EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Virginia Bombolino, ginbaby2003@aol.com, (480) GREETERS Ann Kolb (520) HOSPITALITY Lisa Green, hospitality@stmichaels77.org, (480) LECTORS Suzanne Bainger, lectors@stmichaels77.org (480) LIFE TEEN youthgroup@stmichaels77.org (520) MUSIC Diana Albert, Dialbert2@aol.com, (480) PARISH SECRETARY/NOTARY PUBLIC Sandra Ramirez, Sandra@stmichaels77.org (520) PASTOR Rev. Fr. Dale A. Branson, pastor@stmichaels77.org, (520) PRAYER CHAIN Virginia Bombolino, ginbaby2003@aol.com (480) RCIA Bob Butchko, Bob.butchko@centurylink.net (480) RED HAT MICHAELETTES Sue Bainger, redhats@stmichaels77.org; (480) SACRISTANS Polly Von Esse, pvonesse@aol.com (520) (includes Set Up/Take Down) USHERS Darrell Stonerook, sstonerook@live.com (602) WEBMASTER Craig Rudko webmaster@stmichaels77.org (480) P P C: Diana Albert, Sue Bainger, Bob Butchko, Virginia Bombolino, Ann Kolb, Lisa Green, Bert Pampanin, Sandra Ramirez, Craig Rudko, Jenny Rudko, Darrell Stonerook, Mary Teese & Polly Von Esse Pastoral Council meengs are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month & all are welcome to aend.

3 ST. VALENTINE S DAY, ONE WEEK EARLY St. Michael's Hospitality Commiee invites YOU to aend our February Pot Luck Dinner and 50/50 Raffle Saturday, February 6th from 5 to 6 pm, immediately aer 4pm Mass. Please join your Parish Family for a meal and social me as we celebrate this special Saints Day. We ask each family to bring a dish to share. Please RSVP at the Greeters Table today and let us know what you plan to bring. Faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the geatest of these is love Corinthians 13:13 MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Love is paent, kind, not jealous or pompous, not inflated, rude or quick-tempered. How are you doing when it comes to loving others, especially your spouse? Apply today to aend one of the upcoming Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends in The next weekend will be in Phoenix on February For all other dates and more informaon visit Para los fines de semana en español, por favor visite Hand Carved in Bethlehem Please stop by the tables of Religious wares aer all Masses on February 13th & 14th Navity sets - Rosaries - Statues Crucifixes - charms, etc. Ayman Khair represents about 140 Chrisan families from Bethlehem who have been dependent upon sales of their hand carved religious arcles to tourists of the Holy Land. Due to conflict in the Middle East, the tourism has been cut off. In order to survive, they have turned to Chrisan communies in the United States to purchase their arcles. These beauful religious arcles are hand carved from wood of the sacred Olive tree. This workmanship has been tradional for these families for hundreds of years. It is hoped that through the efforts of Mr. Khair that these families will receive income and will be able to stay living in the Holy Land. Amazingly enough, the Chrisan populaon dropped from 22 % to less than 2% in the last 30 years. Thank you in advance for your support. ANGEL BOOK SIGNING Ash Wednesday Mass with Ashes 7:00 pm February 10th Mass will be held at Copper Basin K8 Henry Ripplinger, Author of the Angelic Leers Series, will be available February 6th and 7th to sign your copy of Pewter Angels. Haven t had a chance to purchase a copy? No problem, all 5 books in the series will be available for purchase that weekend.

4 January 31, 2016 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL FINANCIAL REPORT Capital Campaign Pledges Amount Pledged $1,088, Amount Paid $416, Pledge Balance $672,712.93$ 434 Families are registered at St. Michael s Who has pledged: 203 Registered Families 50 non-registered families Contributions January 24, 2016 Contributions January 17, 2016 Parish Offertory $3, Parish Offertory $3, Building Fund $ Building Fund $40.00 Building Fund-Pens $50.00 Mass Stipend $ Women s Retreat $20.00 Car Decal $10.00 Mass Stipend $10.00 Poor $1, Missalettes $7.00 Missalettes $7.00 Total $4, Total $5, St. George, Apache Junction Book Sales $5, Please note If you have made a pledge to the Capital Campaign & are making a payment, please write Capital Campaign in the memo field of the check. Thank you Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers that came out to help sell books in Apache Junction. This would not have happened without you!! Online Giving...If you would like to give online please visit our website, and select the Online Giving tab. The Great Hymn to Love It is doubtful that Saint Paul, when he sat down to write what we now know as the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians, knew that he was penning what was to become one of the keystones of Christian ethics. In this brief passage, he set down ideals about love that have held fast through the centuries. Sometimes we may think that because these are ideals to which we aspire, we are excused from them in our daily living. But what Paul was writing was a letter to his friends, providing them with some sound advice about what it meant--and still means--to live in love, day by day, as a follower of Christ. We find in his words to his friends a broadening of the great commands of Jesus to love God and neighbor. Today we hear what this love must look like in our own actions, and how it ought to guide our relationships with others. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

5 CCD Weekly Announcements January 31, 2016 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time January 31, 2016 Sunday s at a Glance February 5, 2016 Friday - RECONCILIATION Rectory Chapel 6:30pm February 7, 2016 Sunday CCD Class 9:15 to 10:15 Student Greeters for 10:30am Mass are: Nathaniel Bedoya Gabriella Hoyos Brooklynn John Student Offertory Presenters for 10:30am Mass are: Nathan Barker Elijah Sanchez Abigail Gradiz Emmanuel Hoyos February 10, Ash Wednesday - Beginning of Lent Mass - 7:00 pm (at Copper Basin) February 14, Sunday CCD Class - 9:15 to 10:15 Student Greeters for 10:30 am Mass are: Mario Piccirilli Sydnee Kuebler Student Offertory Presenters for10:30 am Mass are: Mason Russell Tayler Russell Lucas Peterson Oscar Victoria We ask your prayers for these students who will be making their First Reconciliation, Friday, February 5th Mathew Brizuela Erik Carrillo Cianne Chavarria Sofia Diaz Alexandra Garcia Abigail Gradiz Emmanuel Hoyos Jacob Johansen Dylan Rea Porter Jude Ramirez Tayler Russell Grant Van Hoose Dana Aguilera Nathan Barker Kyle Dunlap Emily Nino Josef Poulsen Noah Ramirez Jaida White Angelika Argento Jenna Begley Heavenly Monahan Jaden Monahan Lucas Peterson Mason Russell Elijah Sanchez Samantha Brizuela Nathaniel Bedoya Titus Begley Alyssa Brizuela Oscar Victoria Reconciliation, Friday, February 5 th Reconciliation will begin at 6:30pm at the Parish Rectory Chapel. Space is very limited, parents or guardians, NO children, siblings, friends, other family members. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Reajean Porter, Director of Religious Education at ccd@stmichaels77.org or leave a message at Thank you.

6 Boundless Mercy Received, Now Given Our beloved Pope Francis has declared this the Year of Mercy. Mercy is at the heart of his ministry. Issue 1 He reminds us that as we have received God s boundless mercy, we now have a responsibility to show that mercy, care and concern to others. Mercy means having eyes that see where love is needed, ears that hear the cry of others and a heart that responds to those in need. By sharing mercy through your gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal, you feed the hungry, clothe the needy, strengthen parishes throughout our diocese, provide funding for Catholic Community Services, support social outreach programs, and bring the presence of Christ to hospitals, colleges and prisons, while providing for retired priests and educating and training future priests. You also provide grant assistance for Catholic charities, ministries, religious and education programs within our diocese. May the virtue of mercy open the way as you consider being an essential part of the 2016 Annual Catholic Appeal. Thank you. RECEIVED, NOW GIVEN. MERCY MERCY BOUNDLESS For additional information about the Annual Catholic Appeal, visit the Catholic Foundation website at: Annual Catholic Appeal Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Tucson 2016 Annual Catholic Appeal

7 Misericordia sin Limites: Recibida y ahora compartida Nuestro amado Papa Francisco ha declarado que éste es el Año de la Misericordia. La misericordia es la esencia de su ministerio. Él nos recuerda que habiendo recibido la misericordia infinita de Dios, ahora tenemos la responsabilidad de ser misericordiosos, bondadosos y solícitos con los demás. Misericordia significa tener ojos que ven dónde se necesita amor, oídos que oyen el clamor de otros, y un corazón que responde a los necesitados. Compartiendo la misericordia por tu regalo a la Campaña Anual Católica, usted alimenta a los hambrientos, viste a los necesitados, fortalece a las parroquias de nuestra Diócesis, provee recursos financieros para los Servicios Comunitarios Católicos, apoya programas de acción social, trae mas cerca la presencia de Cristo a hospitales, universidades y prisiones, ayuda a sacerdotes retirados y respalda la educación y capacitación de futuros sacerdotes. También proporciona ayuda en la forma de subsidios destinados a obras de beneficencia y ministerios católicos, y a los programas religiosos y educativos de nuestra Diócesis. Issue 1 Que las virtudes de misericordia le señalen el camino mientras considera ser parte esencial de la Campaña Anual Católica Gracias. RECIBIDA Y AHORA COMPARTIDA. LIMITES LIMITES SIN SIN MISERICORDIA Campaña Anual Católica 2016 Fundacion Católica para la Diocesis de Tucson 2016 Campaña Católica Anual